Mamoon Hamid

Mamoon Hamid
Hamid in 2019
Born1978 (age 47–48)
Pakistan
CitizenshipUnited States and Germany
EducationPurdue University
Stanford University
Harvard Business School
OccupationVenture capitalist
EmployerKleiner Perkins
TitleManaging Member and General Partner
WebsiteProfile at Kleiner Perkins

Mamoon Hamid (born 1978)[citation needed] is a Pakistani-German-American venture capitalist currently serving as a Managing Member and General Partner at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins.

Early life

Hamid was born in Pakistan and grew up in Frankfurt, Germany. He moved to the United States to attend Purdue University, earning a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1997. He subsequently earned a master's degree from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Career

Xilinx and USVP

Early in his career he held various business and engineering roles at Xilinx, and he subsequently joined U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) in 2005, where he led early-stage investments in startups such as Yammer and Box.

Social Capital

In 2011, he co-founded the investment firm Social Capital where he led investments in companies such as Intercom, Greenhouse, Netskope, and Front, and was the first outside investor in the unicorn startup Slack.

Kleiner Perkins

He became a Managing Member and General Partner at Kleiner Perkins in August 2017.

He first appeared on Forbes's Midas List of top tech investors in 2014. As of August 2017, he had appeared on the list three times. In 2017, he ranked No. 76 among the Top 100 VCs named by Electronics Weekly and No. 61 among the Top 100 Venture Capitalists named by CB Insights and The New York Times.

Public involvement

As chairman of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Hamid organized a private fundraiser for the institute the day after President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13769 on January 27, 2017. The event raised funding for the institute to challenge the Trump administration's policies in court.

Personal life

Hamid lives in Palo Alto, California.[citation needed]

See also

References

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  3. ↑ Loizos, Connie (February 15, 2019). "Kleiner's Mamoon Hamid thinks we could be in a 15-year-long bull market (and other insights from the firm)". TechCrunch. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
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  5. 1 2 Haggin, Patience (August 3, 2017). "Mamoon Hamid to Join Kleiner Perkins as General Partner". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 Schubarth, Cromwell (August 4, 2017). "Social Capital co-founder jumps to Kleiner Perkins amid shakeup". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 Loizos, Connie (August 3, 2017). "Mamoon Hamid is heading from Social Capital to Kleiner Perkins". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 "Mamoon Hamid". kleinerperkins.com. Kleiner Perkins. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Mamoon Hamid". engineering.purdue.edu. Purdue University Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Mamoon Hamid Profile". bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  11. ↑ Manners, David (February 20, 2017). "The Top 100 VCs". Electronics Weekly. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  12. ↑ "The Top 100 Venture Capitalists". CB Insights and The New York Times. April 4, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  13. 1 2 Chapman, Lizette (October 25, 2017). "Silicon Valley Gets Behind Initiative to Challenge Trump's Agenda in Court". Bloomberg. Retrieved March 11, 2018.